Insurance Regulation
N.Y. Fed Reserve Chief: Living Wills Not Enough to Fix Too Big to Fail
Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said that government plans to wind down large financial firms, while helping reduce the odds of a taxpayer bailout, don't eliminate the need for ...
Prudential Gives Up Fight Over Systemic Risk Designation, Increased Regulation
Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, abandoned its challenge to a U.S. designation from a Treasury Department panel that subjects the company to increased regulatory ...
Fitch: Global Insurance Capital Standard Adds Uncertainty
Plans by the Basel-based International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to develop a risk-based global insurance capital standard add further uncertainty for the insurance industry, ...
Regulators Map Out First Capital Blueprint for Insurers; IAIS Writing Global Standards
The world's top insurers could be forced to raise fresh capital under rules proposed by regulators on Wednesday, echoing measures imposed on the banks to try to avert the risk of another financial ...
Financial Regulators Discuss Debt Ceiling, Government Shutdown
U.S. financial regulators discussed the federal debt ceiling and the effect of the government shutdown on market monitoring during a phone conversation on Tuesday, a Treasury Department spokesman ...
Will Biggert-Waters Save the Flood Insurance Program? No, It’s Not Even Close
The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act (Biggert-Waters) was enacted in 2012 with the goal of reforming and thereby saving the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is a well-meaning and ...Insurers Making ‘Immense Changes’ Under Solvency II: German Insurer CEO Goerg
Insurers in Europe will make "immense changes" to their business when new risk-based rules are put in place, the chief executive officer of Gothaer Group and head of a group representing German ...
EU Commissioner Recommends Solvency II Delay to 2016
The European Commission has officially proposed a postponement of the January 2014 start date for the implementation of Solvency II, according to a statement from Michel Barnier, the commissioner ...